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Published 11/03/2009 by Yahoo! Canada

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War On Terror: With the abrupt withdrawal of President Hamid Karzai's main opponent, the debate over Afghanistan's election is suddenly moot. Will this put an end to U.S. dithering?

A shift in U.S. approach in the strategically important country had been put on hold pending the election's outcome....

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